This Week’s Independent Thinker

It’s the Beaver moon. It’s a full moon and a supermoon, the second of four in a row. The fireball swarm of the Southern Taurids...

This Week’s Independent Thinkers

Facing east were 13 colonies full of people in a raw, unmapped land, staring at the Atlantic Ocean. Inhabitants were taxed, but not allowed...

This Week’s Independent Thinkers

“You’re dead. Watch your back. We will burn you down. You should be put in front of a firing squad as a traitor.” This...

This Week’s Independent Thinker

The most popular column in our paper, far and away, is Indy Soul, a listing of live music for the coming week. Locals love...

This Week’s Independent Thinker

Good works have an unspoken effect on those who do the giving as much as on those who receive. Sometimes it’s outside our comfort...

This Week’s Independent Thinker

Dressed to the nines in an idyllic setting next to a lake for a formal wedding and nothing can possibly go wrong, right? Before the...

This Week’s Independent Thinker

Golly, a photographer who has talent, self-confidence, experience, and benevolence. And instead of starving, she’s thriving. How does that work? Carol M. Highsmith donated more...

This Week’s Independent Thinker

As anyone who reads us knows, we are not deprived of our share of public criticism. Liberals question why we publish a Fun Guide...

This Week’s Independent Thinker

Fifty-five years ago, when a British soldier was preparing for deployment to Northern Ireland, he asked Barby Keel to take care of his dog. Barby...

This Week’s Independent Thinkers

One thousand plants are grown worldwide for food, beverages, spices and medicine. Seventy-five percent of flowering plants rely on hummingbirds, bees, butterflies and other...